The share price has already plummeted from £5 less than two years ago to around 20p at the end of last week and they will now have to wait for a Treasury appointed independent 'valuer' to decide how much - if any - compensation they might receive.

In what appears to be a classic case of putting the cart before the horse, the chairman John Fry's letter to shareholders states: "After completion of the reorganisation, it is then intended that the freehold land at Huish Park will be purchased by Yeovil Town Holdings Limited [a company set up to hold the property assets] at an arm's length valuation provided by an independent and qualified valuer."